Interview: “Occasionally malapert but never jejune”

January 5, 2009

I’ve been interviewed, by the Abbeville Manual of Style. I discuss fancying myself the “Michael Phelps of vocabulary,” why I love capitalism, and the hazards of comedy in Djibouti.

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Interview: “Occasionally malapert but never jejune”

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